Welcome to my coming-out party

I, on the other hand, had much more important things to do — such as go on the radio to share my concerns about the depth of the Patriots [team stats]' special teams, or take Dan Duquette to task over his stated belief that Jose Offerman was going to replace Mo Vaughn's on-base capabilities . . . .

Just over seven years ago, before Thanksgiving, we were getting into the car outside of a CVS when my mother said, "I think you should go ahead and do that story you've been talking about."

"Really?"

"Yes," she said. "Just go ahead and do it. And then we'll have a party."